{"id":226014,"date":"2025-10-19T21:50:12","date_gmt":"2025-10-19T21:50:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/226014\/"},"modified":"2025-10-19T21:50:12","modified_gmt":"2025-10-19T21:50:12","slug":"michael-husseys-warning-to-australian-selectors-as-sam-konstas-flaws-laid-bare-brad-haddin-comments-ashes-squad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/226014\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael Hussey’s warning to Australian selectors as Sam Konstas flaws laid bare; Brad Haddin comments, Ashes squad"},"content":{"rendered":"

Australian legend Michael Hussey<\/a> admits the meteoric rise for Sam Konstas<\/a> was “not sustainable” and urged selectors to leave the young gun out for the Ashes.<\/p>\n

The 20-year-old burst onto the scene last summer, scoring centuries for NSW and then forcing his way into the Test side as a teenager.<\/p>\n

Konstas scored a half-century on debut against India, pulling out audacious ramp shots against Jasprit Bumrah that turned him into an overnight sensation.<\/p>\n

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However, in the 10 months that have followed, things have slowly started to falter for the Sutherland product, who is now in real danger of losing his spot in the Aussie side.<\/p>\n

His season got off to a rough start with scores of 4 and 14 in the Sheffield Shield opener against Western Australia, before being dismissed for a duck against Victoria<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Sam Konstas\u00a0Getty<\/p>\n

Konstas did reel off a half-century against the Vics in the second innings, but the form shown by Marnus Labuschagne<\/a> and Jake Weatherald<\/a> has placed him under pressure.<\/p>\n

Speaking during the Fox Cricket broadcast on Sunday afternoon, Hussey said it was time for Konstas to take a step back and hone in on his long-term development.<\/p>\n

“If I’m being honest I really feel for the young man,” Hussey said.<\/p>\n

“Given the opportunity against India, played that amazing innings at the MCG that had us all gobsmacked … but we all knew that was not a sustainable way to be successful.<\/p>\n

“He’s obviously got enormous talent \u2013 but he’s still so young. He’s still trying to figure out what his best game looks like.<\/p>\n

“I personally would love to see Sam go back to Shield cricket \u2013 stay there for a year, two years, score lots of runs for NSW, learn about his game.<\/p>\n

“Then when he’s picked he’s ready to go, and he’s got a lot of runs behind him and a better understanding of his own game.<\/p>\n

“Just want to let this kid go and develop slowly and quietly and then when he’s ready, bang – he’s going to go and burst on the scene and have a huge career hopefully.”<\/p>\n

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Sam Konstas walks off after being dismissed against Western Australia\u00a0Getty<\/p>\n

Former vice-captain Brad Haddin echoed those sentiments and pointed out the fact that Konstas still has plenty of time to make a mark at Test level.<\/p>\n

“He’s gone away and he’s changed different techniques in his game,” Haddin said.<\/p>\n

“But you don’t want to be doing that \u2013 Marnus was probably an example for that and we’ve seen what happened when he got away.<\/p>\n

“You don’t want to be doing that under the microscope of Test match cricket.<\/p>\n

“He’s still tinkering with what works in his technique and that says a lot. He’s still got to go back and find his game. Find his game at state level, understand what works for him.<\/p>\n

“Huss and I debuted for Australia at 30. I played 66 Tests \u2013 Huss probably could have played 150, but that’s a different conversation.<\/p>\n

“His best cricket might be when he’s 25 and he’s still got 10 years. I don’t think we need to be rushing him into the spotlight until he understands his game.”<\/p>\n

Assuming that Konstas does miss out on selection for the first Test in Perth, which kicks off on November 21, the general consensus is that Labuschagne will make his return.<\/p>\n

\"Marnus<\/p>\n

Marnus Labuschagne\u00a0Getty<\/p>\n

Mark Waugh<\/a> believes the eccentric right-hander is a lock to come back into the top-order after dominating Shield and List A to start the domestic season.<\/p>\n

“He’s certainly got to come back in now,” he said on Fox Cricket.<\/p>\n

“Got his confidence back, he’s a bit clearer in his mind. He’s a world-class player. If he’s playing anywhere near his best, he’s definitely in the top six batters in Australia.<\/p>\n

“I think he’s a certainty to be in the line-up in that first Test.”<\/p>\n

Konstas will feature in Monday’s one-day clash between NSW and Victoria, while Labuschagne remains in the ODI squad for the next game against India on Thursday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Australian legend Michael Hussey admits the meteoric rise for Sam Konstas was “not sustainable” and urged selectors to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":226015,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[564],"tags":[64,63,740,85],"class_list":["post-226014","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cricket","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-cricket","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/226014","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=226014"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/226014\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/226015"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=226014"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=226014"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=226014"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}